Economics and Resource Accounting

NASA's comparison of space-grown food and resupply begins with a shared mission boundary, because the reviewed set supplies no common observed price. It offers accounting methods, mass-based models,...

Economic comparison begins when ORCA's record shows what the system delivers and what the mission supplies. Gastronaut can build that record through a measurable food-production service linking...

Before selecting an architecture, NASA can build a decision-grade model that compares growing food with resupply. Its inputs need sources, its conversions need rules, and its crossovers need defined...

Every ORCA business claim eventually comes down to a comparison. For a declared mission, what is gained and spent when food is resupplied, cultivated, or provided through a mixed architecture? NASA...